| 单词 | one man's meat is another man's poison |
| 释义 | Idioms and Phrases with One man's meat is another man's poisonone man's meat is another man's poison What is good for or enjoyed by one is not necessarily so for someone else. This adage, first recorded in 1576, is so well known it is often shortened, as in Pat loves to travel to remote areas but that's not for Doris—one man's meat, you know. Also see no accounting for tastes. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. One man's meat is another man's poisonWhat is good for one person may be bad for another; what is pleasant to one person may be unpleasant to another. Words nearby One man's meat is another man's poisonone-liner, one-lung, one-lunger, one-man, one-man show, One man's meat is another man's poison, one-many, on end, oneness, one-nighter, one-night stand The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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